Idina Menzel Has Been Told She's Too Old to Star in a Wicked Movie

"I'm afraid Kristin [Chenoweth] and I ... they told us we're a little over the age for that."

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Digital Spy

May 05, 2014

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Idina Menzel has admitted that she and Kristin Chenoweth have been told they are "over the age" to play the lead roles in the proposed Wicked movie.

The pair led the original 2003 Broadway cast of the Oz-based musical, with Menzel playing Elphaba and Chenoweth starring as Glinda.

Speaking to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, she said that she "would die" to be part of the movie.

Asked if she had been approached about a role, Menzel joked, "Yeah, as the mother of Elphaba."

"I would die to be in [the film], except I'm afraid Kristin [Chenoweth] and I ... they told us we're a little over the age for that," she added.

Speaking to Digital Spy about the big-screen adaptation, she said, "If I could be a part of it in some way, that would be great. But I already feel like I received — and continue to receive — the gifts from Wicked and how it affects audiences."

Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson revealed last year that the Wicked movie was a high priority for the studio, despite not having been officially greenlit.